"[Intelligence & Analysis] is a critical partner in the operations of many of the country's regional fusion centers… at the center of detecting threats from organized crime, threats to election security, and threats from domestic violence extremism."
"I think DOGE has performed a really useful function and I don’t think it’s going to disappear."
"Look, no president - and administrations - don’t get to dictate what’s going to happen here. Congress is not the Army."
"I've learned never to dismiss out of hand anything the president says, but it would take a constitutional amendment."
"I don’t think you’re likely to see a Republican House and Republican Senate try to limit a Republican president."
"I want to do all 12; I’m crystal clear about that."
"The speaker is very insistent that we go all the way."
"We’re not trying to fool you. I don’t want to give you an excuse to vote no."
"We’re not putting any DOGE cuts in the CR."
"We’re going to write a CR that’s non-objectionable to every quarter as we can make it."
"We’re not trying to put 40 pills in, trying to hide anything."